Inductors
inductors are about four to eight weeks, which compared to last year, has improved significantly, said Valletta.
Supply and demand for inductors, along with
capacitors, started to balance out at the end of last year, saidMichael Knight, vice president of productmarketing and suppliermarketing, TTI Inc., Ft.Worth, Tex.
Some products especially the IHLP parts are
percent fromwhat they were six months ago, said Knight. At that time, some power inductor suppliers were quoting 30 to 52 weeks, he added.
However, specialty inductor
starting to get easier to source but there will be some hiccup in supply because a lot of the product is connected to northern Japan especially formagnetics, ferrites and inductors, Knight said.
Gowanda's surface-mount SMP1210S series of power inductors combine high current, shielding and a small size with a wide operating temperature range
manufacturer Gowanda said lead times remained stable at about six weeks last year. Kohlhagen attributes the company's shorter lead times to a "big inventory of rawmaterials" at the plant and
For example,Murata has reported that its Tome plant is not
operational due to earthquake damage to buildings and equipment. This plantmanufactureswirewound-type EMI suppression filters, coils and
inductors.Murata's Sendai (piezoelectric products and SAW filters) andOyama (polymer capacitors) plants also are shutdown.
In general, lead times have been improving over the past four to fivemonths with deliveries of power inductors down about 30
because it's not a player in the automotivemarket, which played a big role in driving up inductor demand over the past year.
"Automotive shows no signs of cooling down, and demand from
computer products including laptops is growing quite well," said Valletta. He sees demand fromnearly all sectors, particularly medical, computer and automotive.
Kohlhagen says Gowanda is "more of a specialized inductor house and solves customers' problems.We do a lot of
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